85 Sharia courts in the UK

[Cyberman]

I have found the Islamic countries to be pretty safe, you are not likely to get mugged by a drunk kebab carrying nutter waking home from the pub on a Saturday night.

I'd rather run the risk of getting mugged than being kidnapped and having my throat cut.

[minestrone]

Christians do not hang gays. Iran regularly hangs gays under sharia law.

Well Indonesia does not do that to homosexuals so you are quite safe there. They have lovely beaches as well.

[Cyberman]

Well Indonesia does not do that to homosexuals so you are quite safe there. They have lovely beaches as well.

Now I understand why you go there.

[pzz76077]

No, but the fact that you are a Christian in an Islamic country makes you extremely vulnerable to death. My answer to that is not to visit Islamic countries or countries where Islam is prevalent.

Ive lived and worked in quite a few Islamic states and have not encountered any real issues that I would consider life threatening. Then again Im a complete non-believer so this could make a difference I guess.

I would maintain that you are just as likely to be popped in a non-Islamic country. The former Soviet Union, USA etc are pretty dangerous places by all accounts.

Anyway how does any of this relate to your OP??

PZZ

[minestrone]

Ive lived and worked in quite a few Islamic states and have not encountered any real issues that I would consider life threatening. Then again Im a complete non-believer so this could make a difference I guess.

I would maintain that you are just as likely to be popped in a non-Islamic country. The former Soviet Union, USA etc are pretty dangerous places by all accounts.

Anyway how does any of this relate to your OP??

PZZ

Looking at the list of murders per country..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...by_murder_rate

It looks like the middle east Islamic places are well down the rankings compared with the UK. I stay in the murder capital of Europe as well so I see going to an Islamic country a safe option.

[pzz76077]

No, but the fact that you are a Christian in an Islamic country makes you extremely vulnerable to death. My answer to that is not to visit Islamic countries or countries where Islam is prevalent.

You mean like the UK and most of Europe then??

PZZ

[RichardCranium]

linky winky

"linky winky"? You git. I'm going to have to do that too now.

We are a Christian country

Speak for yourself and the rest of the God-bothering minority.

Only if we're lead by church leaders and politicians with no backbone to take a stand for Christianity.

You can bugger off with forcing that load of old fiction on us too. Is it the protestants or the Catholics you'll be wanting us to burn?

[The Lone Gunman]

How many times do we have to do this? You truely are a tosser of the first water for bringing this up again and again.

These "courts" are no different to ACAS or any other arbitration system. They are there to allow people to sort out their differences without resorting to an expensive legal battle through the UK court system.
As with all arbitration services both parties must agree to use them.

Muslims are not subject to a different set of laws. Where UK law applies they MUST comply with it.

Many devout Muslims want to settle their differences in accordance with their religion and so go to their Imams and other learned people. They have been doing this for years. The Imam tells them what Islam requires of them.

The thing that has changed is that now an Islamic "court" ruling can be regarded as legally binding under UK law which before their recognition they were not.

[GreenerGrass]

I saw a procession of half a dozen women in the full black ninja gear yesterday in the city scuttling by, what with the heat as well you could have been in Riyadh.
It used to be very rare to see the full face veil, but it is getting increasingly common.
I think they'd just been in Marks and Spencers off Gracechurch St, perhaps buying lingerie.

[Churchill]

Looking at the list of murders per country..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...by_murder_rate

It looks like the middle east Islamic places are well down the rankings compared with the UK. I stay in the murder capital of Europe as well so I see going to an Islamic country a safe option.

I don't think they call it murder if it's done on religious grounds.

Hth.